March 13, 2025

Types of Assignments

There are several types of assignments, as described in the table below. The type for each assignment appears in the Type column of the assignment list.

Type	Description
Application	Use application assignments to assign Windows applications to groups. See Create an Application Assignment. Application assignments include applications from servers in RDSH farms.
Desktops	Use desktop assignments to assign dedicated, floating, or RDSH-based virtual desktops to users and groups. See Create a Dedicated or Floating VDI Desktop Assignment and Create an RDSH Session Desktop Assignment.Type displayed can be: Dedicated Desktop - Traditional Clone Floating Desktop - Traditional Clone Floating Desktop - Instant Clone Session Desktop Note: Because a session desktop uses the traditional type of cloning by default, the Assignments page displays Session Desktop in the Type column for such assignments. Definitions are as follows. Dedicated Desktop - In a dedicated desktop assignment, each user is assigned a specific remote desktop and returns to the same desktop at each login. Dedicated assignments require a one-to-one desktop-to-user relationship and should be sized based on the total user population. The primary use for dedicated desktop assignments is to ensure that the hostname of the desktop VM remains the same between sessions. Certain software packages might require this use for licensing. Floating Desktop - In a floating desktop assignment, a user might receive a different VM with a different machine name and/or hostname with each login. With floating desktop assignments, you can create desktops that shifts of users can use. Sizings should be based on the maximum number of concurrent users. Session Desktop - In a session desktop assignment, an RDSH-published desktop experience is shared across multiple users, that is, terminal services. Traditional Clone and Instant Clone - Type of cloning used for desktops. The option for selecting clone type is available while creating an image. The image selected for creating a desktop defines the desktop clone type. See Create an Image. Note the following: A desktop can have multiple users assigned to it, but it can be used by only one user at a time. Desktops in floating desktop assignments do not provide persistence. You can configure persistence as part of an application assignment. Where possible, use floating desktop assignments because they cost less than dedicated desktop assignments and do not dedicate VM resources for each user.
Customization - URL Redirection	Use these assignments to assign URL handling rules to users.

Type

Description

Application

Use application assignments to assign Windows applications to groups. See Create an Application Assignment. Application assignments include applications from servers in RDSH farms.

Desktops

Use desktop assignments to assign dedicated, floating, or RDSH-based virtual desktops to users and groups. See Create a Dedicated or Floating VDI Desktop Assignment and Create an RDSH Session Desktop Assignment.Type displayed can be:

Dedicated Desktop - Traditional Clone
Floating Desktop - Traditional Clone
Floating Desktop - Instant Clone
Session Desktop

Note: Because a session desktop uses the traditional type of cloning by default, the Assignments page displays Session Desktop in the Type column for such assignments. Definitions are as follows.

Dedicated Desktop - In a dedicated desktop assignment, each user is assigned a specific remote desktop and returns to the same desktop at each login. Dedicated assignments require a one-to-one desktop-to-user relationship and should be sized based on the total user population. The primary use for dedicated desktop assignments is to ensure that the hostname of the desktop VM remains the same between sessions. Certain software packages might require this use for licensing.
Floating Desktop - In a floating desktop assignment, a user might receive a different VM with a different machine name and/or hostname with each login. With floating desktop assignments, you can create desktops that shifts of users can use. Sizings should be based on the maximum number of concurrent users.
Session Desktop - In a session desktop assignment, an RDSH-published desktop experience is shared across multiple users, that is, terminal services.
Traditional Clone and Instant Clone - Type of cloning used for desktops. The option for selecting clone type is available while creating an image. The image selected for creating a desktop defines the desktop clone type. See Create an Image.

Note the following:

A desktop can have multiple users assigned to it, but it can be used by only one user at a time.
Desktops in floating desktop assignments do not provide persistence. You can configure persistence as part of an application assignment.
Where possible, use floating desktop assignments because they cost less than dedicated desktop assignments and do not dedicate VM resources for each user.

Customization - URL Redirection

Use these assignments to assign URL handling rules to users.

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